ship

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n.

1) to build; refit a ship

2) to christen; launch a ship

3) to navigate; sail a ship

4) to scuttle; sink; torpedo a ship

5) to abandon ship (when it is sinking)

6) to jump ship ('to desert from a ship's crew')

7) to raise a sunken ship

8) to load; unload a ship

9) a battleship; capital; hospital; merchant; oceangoing; passenger; rocket; sailing ship; spaceship; steamship; supply ship; warship; weather ship

10) a ship heaves; pitches; rolls

11) (misc.) to board a ship; to disembark from a ship; to run a tight ship ('to operate efficiently')

USAGE NOTE: The term rocket ship is now used chiefly in science fiction. The terms spacecraft and space vehicle are now used for the real thing. The term spaceship is sometimes used for 'manned spacecraft'.

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v. (A) they have shipped the merchandise to us; or: they have shipped us the merchandise

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capital

hospital

launch a ship

merchant

oceangoing

or: they have shipped us the merchandise

passenger

pitches

refit a ship

rocket

rolls

sail a ship

sailing ship

sink

spaceship

steamship

supply ship

to disembark from a ship

torpedo a ship

unload a ship

warship

weather ship

to run a ti (USAGE NOTE: The term rocket ship is now used chiefly in science fiction. The terms spacecraft and space vehicle are now used for the real thing. The term spaceship is sometimes used for 'manned spacecraft'.; 'to operate efficiently')

(A) they have shipped the merchandise to us

(misc.) to board a ship

a battleship

a ship heaves

to build

to christen

to load

to navigate

to raise a sunken ship

to scuttle

to jump ship ('to desert from a ship's crew')

to abandon ship (when it is sinking)